Tuesday, May 30, 2017

The Transistor! 1953 Bell System Film -- Great Stuff!

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Thermatron fans beware!  There is some trash talking of tubes in this 1953 Bell film.  But there is also a lot of recognition of the contr...
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Farhan gives me a Spectrum Analyzer and W2AEW Provides the Tutorial (Video)

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At Dayton, Farhan very kindly bought me a Tektronix Spectrum Analyzer.  (I joked during his visit that this device might help me stay in t...
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Monday, May 29, 2017

Indonesian BITX: Check out the BRITX

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Pretty cool,  don't you think? Here is the Google translation of the "about" portion of OM Dian Kurniawan's blog: ...
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Sunday, May 28, 2017

FDIM: W8SX Interviews Mike Bryce WB8VGE

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Mike Bryce's many contributions to the radio art and QRP definitely puts him in the Homebrew Hero category. I have Mike's "H...
Saturday, May 27, 2017

FDIM: W8SX Interviews W8TEE on Facelifts for SSB Rigs

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Our intrepid correspondent Bob Crane interviewed FDIM speaker Jack Purdum W8TEE.  Jack made some very intriguing comments on his efforts t...
Friday, May 26, 2017

Homebrew Peppermint BITX: KC1FSZ Goes Scratch-built and Sweeps a Filter

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Hi Bill/Pete: Congratulations to Bill on the award.  Very well deserved!   I just watched the video that Bill made with Farhan...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

VU3XVR's BEAUTIFUL Morse Keys

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Truly a thing of beauty.  Farhan gave me one of these.  They are crafted by VU3XVR.  It is enough to turn a phone-guy like me back to CW....
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

FDIM: Listen to Bob Crane Interview Hans Summers, G0UPL

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Bob Crane, our intrepid correspondent at the 2017 Four Day in May event, caught up with Homebrew Hero Hans Summers G0UPL.  Hans's amaz...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Video: Farhan in the SolderSmoke Shack! BITX, JBOTS, McDonald Straw Sig Gen, uBITX, Sweperino and more!

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Thanks again to Farhan for visiting us.   It was great to see his reaction to my humble implementations of his great designs.  I got him t...
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Sunday, May 21, 2017

Farhan Visits SolderSmoke Headquarters

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Wow, today was an important day in the history of SolderSmoke.  Our friend -- and newly minted member of the QRP Hall of Fame -- Ashhar F...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Homebrew History is Made: Farhan @ W7ZOI

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Thanks to Wes W7ZOI for sending me the link to his page describing the visit of our friend Farhan.  I think this visit was a historic gath...
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017

WA8WDQ's Automated Filter Scanner (and a tip from VK1VXG)

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Bill, Pete, Thought I'd share today's activities.  Using Bill's excellent wire stripping technique, I was able to fin...